Balaboostas

Good Morning!

This morning I am grateful for being able to go to the gym!!! Finally!!!

Starting tomorrow I am giving advice for a women weight loss group on the Balaboostas website. Its a Jewish womens forum. I'll be answering questions and giving food/exercise advice and I am really excited!!!

I learnt a lesson today (and its ony 915)!!! And for that I am definitely  grateful. My 6 yr old's bus didn't show up today, so I had to drop him off at school which cut into my workout time. Yet, I smiled and gave him an extra kiss as he left the car, I dropped the two little ones off and then sat in the car for a moment. I was left with only 20-30 min to workout because I would still need to shower and dress before I headed out to work. Was it worth it?!?! I thought about and decided 20-30 min is way better then 0...and I went. I did 20 min on the cybex/cross trainer and boy did I make them count and then spent 2 min cooling down. My lesson...even if it means only 20 min to workout its worth it!!!!

Breakfast:

Coffee Coffee Coffee....

ummm now for the food part...I really just dont know.

I plan to stop at the grocery on the way to the gym to pick up some yogurts and cottage cheese.

So I guess this morning will be the oatmeal with peanut butter and then a fat free/sugar free yogurt in a bit.

Lunch:

Cut up veggies (I made 4 baggies yesterday)\

2 tbsp hummos

1 egg

3 egg whites

2 corn thins

I cant think any further today sorry...Ill keep you posted

Note: I am blessed! My wonderful husband made the most amazing greek omelet for me when I came home from school and then I got to go back to the gym and did an hour on the elliptical (an hour and 4 min to be exact)

Good Morning!

Today I woke up very ungrateful for my son waking his siblings BEFORE 6am!! But then as I lazily rolled down my stairs and plopped myself on my couch I thought...yes, these kids could be extremely tiresome at 6am but aren't I blessed that my children wake up?!?! Aren't I blessed that they have energy?!?! Aren't I blessed that my children can play for hours on their own?!? I concluded I am blessed but still annoyed at my adorable four year old son for waking the others! 2 cups of really strong coffee cured my annoyance!!!!!! So this morning I am super deduper grateful for coffee! God bless my coffee pot!!! ;)

My day:
Zumba 11am!!!
Basketball tonight!!!
100 crunches (min) starting tonight will be a nightly ritual along with 30 push ups (will increase) and 30 lunges (will increase) and 24 min on my stationary bike!

Breakfast:
1 1/2 cups of cheerios
1 banana
1 cup skim milk
2 cups coffee with skim milk
tsp ground nuts

Before my workout:
Smoothie: Coconut milk with a banana and a Tbsp of Peanut butter

After workout:
Lunch:
1 egg 3 egg whites
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese
4 corn thins
baby carrots
sliced cucumbers
sliced pepper

Snack:


Dinner:
Chicken
Steamed veggies
1/2 sweet potato

Note: Post workout I had 6 almonds and a pear. For lunch I dont have time to make an omelet so im shmushing 2 bananas with skim milk and having a shake. Ill cut up the veggies to go!

I figured it out!!!! ;)

So you know how the nutritional people in our world are always saying EAT A BIG BREAKFAST!!! So, I figured I was! But, this morning I had 1/2 cup of oatmeal with heaping tsp of peanut butter (no sugar added type) and a sliced banana...ok I know nothing different...O but thats were it gets interesting today I also had a fat free sugar free 4oz yogurt and I stayed full untill now!!! And did I mention its 1pm!!!!!
(I did drink a small carrot juice in between)
So my dear friends EAT A BIG BREAKFAST!!!! It really works!
Have a great Shabbos!

The truth

I'm grateful for a new day! I say this because last night I went to bad feeling lousy about myself...I mindlessly eat 2 cookies yes TWO cookies. I barely noticed I did it. It was after I ate 2 sunnyside up eggs that my kids didnt eat and an apple they didnt finish. I know the eggs and apple arent that awful but its the cleaning my kids plates that is. I AM NOT A GARBAGE DISPOSAL!!!!

So now that its a new day I am grateful to start it!
My coffee is brewing and smells wonderful!

Today my plan is to fill up on fruits and veggies as much as I can. I need to do some grocery shopping to restock the things that are good for me! Peppers, celery, carrots, bok choy, berries, hmmmmmmm

Breakfast:
Coffee with low fat milk (I am buying skim milk today)
1/2 cup of oatmeal
heaping tsp peanut butter
banana

Lunch:
Sauted onion and spinach
1 egg
3 egg whites
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese

Snack:
Asian pear
14 almonds

Snack:
cut up veggies
2 Tbsp Hummos (need to buy today)

Dinner:
glass of wine
meatloaf
steamed veggies
fresh salad

Thats the plan!!! Ill keep you posted! :)

The day after!

Yesterday was a hard food day-not because I ate badly but because I wanted to!!! I woke up with a migraine, I had my nursing school entrance exam test, and it was muggy out!
Yet, today is a new day!!! My test is done (no clue how I did), the weather is still yucky but who cares?!?!? Life is good! BH!!!
Today I am grateful for having taken the test YESTERDAY!!!! Even though there is always the chance that I'll have to retake it...Today I don't have to worry about it! I need to add I am soooo grateful that Shabbos is tomorrow night!!! This will be the first Shabbos in over a month that I will get to read something other then exam prep information!! Today I am also grateful for a small loss on the scale I now weigh 197.5.

Breakfast:
1 egg
3 egg whites
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese
1 Dr Preagers Spinach pancake
2 corn thins
2 cups coffee with low fat milk

Lunch:
lettuce
handful of cherry tom
Tbsp of green olives
1 oz feta cheese
tamari sauce
garlic powder
Asian pear

Snack:
14 almonds
pear

Snack post soccer practice (while kids eat dinner)
Cut up cucumbers
baby carrots
 2 Tbsp tnuva cheese stuff

Dinner:
Hopefully a fish dish with veggies and brown rice...I will keep you posted!!

Over and Out for now my friends!

note: I had 1 1/2 small apples didnt have the tnuva cheese stuff and im making a cabbage soup with chop meat for dinner

Weigh in to Weigh less

Tonight was our first of 6 weeks of 'Weigh in to Weigh less.' Even though I am not part of the competition I feel like I need to succeed as well! I want to lose 10lbs over the next 6 weeks. So I need to change things up a bit...I need to workout more...
Starting tonight everyday I need to do a min of 30 min of exercise. And I will!!!!

Tomorrow's food:
Breakfast:
Coffee with low fat milk
1 egg 3 egg whites
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese
4 corn thins
pear

Lunch: (To go I'll be studying)
Cut up veggies
2 cheese sticks
Asian pear

Snack: (before my test)
14 almonds
banana

Dinner:
Chicken
1/2 sweet potato
grilled veggies

ooops

I had some chocolate (sugar free but nonetheless fattening) and a cookie (not sugar free)
Im blogging this so I can now start again!